Father Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. is a Jesuit Priest of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. He has been a member of the Philosophy Department of Fordham University since 1992 and is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Philosophical Quarterly. He served two terms as President of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. Among his recent publications is An Introduction to Medieval Philosophy: Some Basic Concepts (2009). On the Fordham campus he serves as Master of Queens Court Residential College for Freshmen. For The Teaching Company he has produced lecture courses on Aristotle's Ethics, on Natural Law and Human Nature, and most recently on Biblical Wisdom Literature.

Father George Rutler graduated from Dartmouth, where he was a Rufus Choate Scholar, and took advanced degrees at the Johns Hopkins University and the General Theological Seminary. He holds several degrees from the Gregorian and Angelicum Universities in Rome, including the Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology, and studied at the Institut Catholique in Paris. In England, in 1988, the University of Oxford awarded him the degree Master of Studies. Thomas More College and Christendom College awarded him honorary doctorates. Rutler was ordained to the diaconate in Rome by His Eminence William Cardinal Baum in 1980 and received priestly ordination in St. Patrick's Cathedral at the hands of His Eminence Terence Cardinal Cooke in 1981. He served as Associate Pastor of St. Joseph's in Bronxville; Our Lady of Victory in the Wall Street area; and St. Agnes, in Manhattan. He was a university chaplain for the Archdiocese, and also chaplain to a general hospital and a psychiatric hospital. He was also National Chaplain of Legatus, A board member of several schools and colleges, he is Chaplain of the New York Guild of Catholic Lawyers, Regional Spiritual Director of the Legion of Mary (New York and northern New Jersey) and has long been associated with the Missionaries of Charity, and other religious orders, as a retreat master. Father Rutler has made documentary films in the United States and England, contributes to numerous scholarly and popular journals and has published 16 books on theology, history, cultural issues, and the lives of the saints.

Tom C. Donahoe earned his BSFS from Georgetown University, a MA from Catholic University of America, a MBA from Fordham University, and a JD from Pace University; he also studied economics and finance at the Universite de Fribourg in Switzerland. He has spent more than 30 years in the investments and banking world and has been the Chief Risk Officer at two multi-strategy hedge funds including Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP. Previously, he was COO of Market Risk Americas for Barclays Capital. Tom headed the Derivatives Hedging Unit at MetLife and also helped launch its first Corporate Risk management Department. At Homeland, he has guided the foundation through its 2+ years NYC Attorney General investigation and reformed the governance structure, investment planning, vendor management and foundation infrastructure.